Simple enough
Go onsite, 10 min from my house.
Plug laptop into docking station, go to meeting.
Enjoy an hour of education (really), go out for smoke.
Meet people outside.
Go to Chinese restaurant being driven my someone else (I had my pad of paper at this point).
Come back from Chinese restaurant. Notice I've lost my pad. Foreshadowing event.
Damn.
Go the desk, get small bag, get laptop, say goodbye, walk to car.
Open car door, load up car.
Get into car.
Drive to bank.
Cash a check.
Drive home.
Gather stuff, get out of car, wave to lawn guy, walk 40 feet to apartment stairs.
Step up.
Realize I don't have laptop.
Step down, walk back car.
Realize no laptop.
Search around.
Ask lawn guy if he saw me with a laptop.
He panics, thinking I'm about to accuse him of stealing it.
I tell him to relax, call my boss, and tell the story.
So, where is it?
No idea, but if it follows my past actions, I can only assume I placed it on top of the car as I was getting ready to leave the work parking lot, and it went flying on the 1st hard turn.